Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy : : The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army / / Phyllis Birnbaum.
Aisin Gioro Xianyu (1907-1948) was the fourteenth daughter of a Manchu prince and a legendary figure in China's bloody struggle with Japan. After the fall of the Manchu dynasty in 1912, Xianyu's father gave his daughter to a Japanese friend who was sympathetic to his efforts to reclaim pow...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 22 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Main Characters
- Chronology
- A Note on the Text
- 1. Born to Chaos
- 2. Little Sister
- 3. Royalty in Exile
- 4. Continental Adventurer
- 5. A New Life in Japan
- 6. Manchu Prince, Japanese Wife
- 7. School Days
- 8. The Beauty in Men's Clothing
- 9. Extreme Measures
- 10. Repercussions
- 11. On Her Own
- 12. Poisonous Devil's Brew
- 13. Advance Into Manchuria
- 14. An Emperor in Flux
- 15. The Reluctant Empress
- 16. Powerful Connections
- 17. Woman of Influence
- 18. A Growing Awareness
- 19. Commander Jin
- 20. Starting Over in Manchukuo
- 21. In the Bright Light
- 22. Wild Child
- 23. A Daughter Looks Back
- 24. China Nights
- 25. Emergency Help
- 26. An Old Love
- 27. Adrift in Fukuoka
- 28. Hopeful to the End
- 29. Narrow Escapes
- 30. Postwar Justice
- 31. Go with a Smile
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Backmatter